Freedom of information (FOI) releases from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

This is a disclosure log of UK Research and Innovation's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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  1. Request Received: 20 September 2023

    Innovate UK Innovation Loans Future Economy: Round 8 (deadline 8 March 2023) I would be very grateful if you could please provide the below requested information on the above funding competition:

    1. The total number of applications submitted and the number of those that were assessed (i.e. deemed eligible)

    2. The overall number of applications awarded funding and a breakdown of how many of these were first-time applications and how many were resubmissions

    3. The average loan request of the applications successfully awarded funding

    4. The funding thresholds and average scores of successful applications

    5. The average % funding request of loan vs total R&D project cost

    6. The average loan duration and length of 1) Drawdown, 2) Extension, and 3) Repayment periods

    7. The % of submissions that progress to detailed credit committee review but subsequently do not reach loan agreement

    Published: 4 January 2024

  2. Request Received: 16 October 2023

    I am currently embarking on a research project around Cyber Security and was hoping you could provide me with some contract information relating to following information:

    1. Standard Firewall (Network) - Firewall service protects your corporate Network from unauthorised access and other Internet security threats

    2. Anti-virus Software Application - Anti-virus software is a program or set of programs that are designed to prevent, search for, detect, and remove software viruses, and other malicious software like worms, trojans, adware, and more.

    3. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement - is a volume licensing package offered by Microsoft.

    The information I require is around the procurement side and we do not require any specifics (serial numbers, models, location) that could bring threat/harm to the organisation.
    For each of the different types of cyber security services can you please provide me with:

    1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract?
    2. What does the organisation annually spend for each of the contracts?
    3. What is the description of the services provided for each contract?
    4. Primary Brand (ONLY APPLIES TO CONTRACT 1&2)
    5. What is the expiry date of each contract?
    6. What is the start date of each contract?
    7. What is the contract duration of contract?
    8. The responsible contract officer for each of the contracts above? Full name, job title, contact number and direct email address.
    9. Number of Licenses (ONLY APPLIES TO CONTRACT 3)

    Published: 4 January 2024

  3. Request Received: 2 October 2023

    I politely request any and all communications, records, files, documents or other forms of media concerning or pertaining to any and all interactions with 'Five Eyes' partners (New Zealand, Australia, Canada, United States) or internal records about the following topics:

    - Reporting, investigation, threat analysis and mitigation of 'unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) flight safety risks and actual or near mid-air collisions with UAP. This includes any statistics related to UAP and flight safety and accidents or other security concerns.

    - A or the 'foreign materials programme' (FMP), which may be based in 'Five Eyes' partners or the U.K.

    - Or concerning data sharing, contact or operations involving 'UAP' or unidentified anomalous phenomena with 'Five Eyes' partners.

    - Or data sharing, contact or operations with 'Five Eyes' partners concerning the study, exploitation, recovery, reverse-engineering and investigation of material, phenomena or entities of an unknown origin or an origin attributed to a consciousness/intelligence which is other than or subsumes humanity or human consciousness/intelligence as it exists today.

    - Or concerning the implications or consequences of UAP or non-human intelligence (NHI) topics related to either or a component of the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2023, or NDAA 2024.

    Sub-Topics which intersect with the above-parameterised information request may include but are not limited to:

    - Procurement, contracts and expenditure
    - Details of spending over £25,000 (monthly).
    - Details contracts and tenders worth over £10,000.
    - Details of government procurement card spend over £500.
    - Investment plans
    - Details of responsibilities assigned to personnel
    - Locations
    - Contact details
    - Agreements, deals or treaties with allies
    - Digital or physical communications either inter or intra-departmental

    Published: 4 January 2024

  4. Request Received: 3 October 2023

    1. Which ERP (Enterprise Resource Management) or Finance system is currently used?

    2. What was the total value of the contract?

    3. What is the annual value of the contract

    4. When does your contract expire?

    5. Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?

    6. Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If so, when?

    7. Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible.

    8. Which, if any, other Non-Departmental Public Bodies share use of this service with you?

    Published: 4 January 2024

  5. Request Received: 9 October 2023

    Please could you send me data for the following:

    1.Businesses/organisations that are located in the Portsmouth area (PO1 - PO6) that have received your grants support in the year 2022/2023?

    2.Number of patents applied within PO1 - PO6 areas?

    3.Can you supply the data in excel spreadsheet?

    Published: 4 January 2024

  6. Request Received: 25 August 2023

    1. Supplier of the contract for CCTV maintenance and support
    2. How much does the Org/s spend annually with the supplier? (if multiple suppliers please list the annual spend for each)
    3. What is the renewal date of this contract?
    4. What is the duration of the contract?
    5. What is the review date of this contract? If possible the likely outcome of this review
    6. The primary brand of the CCTV equipment. I don't require the model just the brand. If there is various brands could you please list?
    7. What is the total number of cameras in use/under this contract?
    8. The description of the services provided under this contract. Please state if this contract includes more than just CCTV services.
    9. Contact details of the employee responsible for the contract between the supplier and the organisation. Can you please provide me with their full contact details

    If there is no CCTV maintenance contract in place
    1. What is the brand of CCTV cameras in use? if there is variety could you please send me a list? I do not need the serial number or model just the brand.
    2. How much is the average annual spend on the in-house maintenance?
    3. How many cameras are in use?
    4. Is there a plan to review this at any point, if so what would the date be?
    5. Who is in charge of overseeing the in-house maintenance?
    If there is no maintenance contract or in-house maintenance in place, is there a ad-hoc agreement?
    If yes,
    1. Who is the supplier? Is this varies could you please list?
    2. What is the brand of CCTV cameras in use? if there is variety could you please send me a list? I do not need the serial number or model just the brand.
    3. How many cameras are in use?
    4. How much is the average annual spend on the ad-hoc agreement?
    5. What is the date it is to be reviewed?

    Published: 4 January 2024

  7. Request Received: 13 October 2023

    Please can you let me know how many applicants there were for the Innovate UK Unlocking Potential Begin and Build award strands?

    Published: 4 January 2024

  8. Request Received: 20 September 2023

    We would like to formally issue a FOI request for the below and which we understand is data you hold and not exempt from FOI exemptions.

    The energy usage and cost information requested is what should be easily accessible by your energy procurement/bill validation team and so we please ask your team to complete the below and email back to us complete.

    Ultimately the public have a entitlement to know what is being consumed and spent by the publicly funded organisations and so we thank you for your co-operation in advance.

    Published: 4 January 2024

  9. Request Received: 16 October 2023

    Please can you share:

    (1) Any/all information and/or documentation relating to the following grant:

    Competition/Programme Title: Innovate UK Smart Grants: January 2022 (6-18M)

    Application Number: 10034897

    Project Number: 10034897

    (2) Details of any/all information that needs to be reported back to UKRI/ Innovate UK (by a grantee) further to a grant (e.g. progress reports) including timelines for reporting.

    (3) Copies of any updates or reports submitted to UKRI/Innovate UK in respect of the grant for Application/Project Number 10034897.

    Published: 2 January 2024

  10. Request Received: 17 October 2023

    I am writing here to ask whether we can receive the equality and [diversity] data that EPSRC has [for internal staff in the head office], when it comes to staff recruitment.

    I am looking for EDI specifics on the current head count staff in EPSRC head office. We are especially looking for data on gender, ethnicity, disability status, sexual orientation as these are the ones we may like to benchmark. It's ideal if they are dated recently between 2022-2023.

    Published: 2 January 2024